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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.4572
EAN: 9781594862953
ISBN: 1594862958
Label: Rodale Books
Manufacturer: Rodale Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 230
Publication Date: July 26, 2005
Publisher: Rodale Books
Release Date: July 21, 2005
Studio: Rodale Books
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Bill Maher is on the forefront of the new wave of comedians who have begun to influence and shape political debate through their comedy. He is best known not just for being funny, but for advocating truth over sensitivity and taking on the political establishment. Maher first came to national attention as the host of the hit ABC-TV program Politically Incorrect, where he offered a combustible mixture of irreverence and acerbic humor that helped him to garner a loyal following, as well as a reputation for being a controversial bad boy.
Bill Maher's popular new HBO television show, Real Time, has put Maher more front and center than ever before. Particularly one regular segment on the show, entitled "New Rules," has been a hit with his ever-growing legion of fans. It is the part of the show during which Maher takes serious aim, bringing all of his intelligence, incisiveness, wit, and his signature exasperation to bear on topics ranging from cell phones ("I don't need my cell phone to take pictures or access the Internet. I just need it to make a phone call. From everywhere! Not just the places it likes!") to fast food ("No McDonald's in hospitals. I'm not kidding!) to the conservative agenda ("Stop claiming it's an agenda. It's not an agenda. It's a random collection of laws that your corporate donors paid you to pass.")
His new book, the first since his bestselling When You Ride Alone You Ride with bin Laden, brings these brilliantly conceived riffs and rants to the written page. Appropriately titled New Rules, the book will collect some of the best of the rules derived from previously written material and will also contain substantial new material, including some longer form "editorials"--of course with a twist and bite that only Bill Maher can deliver.
Rule Breaker: An Amazon.com Interview with Bill Maher  In New Rules: Polite Musings of a Timid Observer, Bill Maher skewers celebrity, pop culture, and politics in his classic acerbic style. With a new season of Real Time with Bill Maher and an upcoming HBO Special (his sixth), Bill Maher: I'm Swiss, on deck, Maher also found the time to host Amazon.com's 10th Anniversary Concert at Seattle's Benaroya Hall. Amazon.com caught up with Maher upon his return to Los Angeles to talk about the book, the comic's night-table reading habits, the Internet, and what's wrong with the media. Read our Amazon.com interview with Bill Maher
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Bill Maher is on the forefront of the new wave of comedians who have begun to influence and shape political debate through their comedy. He is best known not just for being funny, but for advocating truth over sensitivity and taking on the political establishment.Maher first came to national attention as the host of the hit ABC-TV program Politically Incorrect, where he offered a combustible mixture of irreverence and acerbic humor that helped him to garner a loyal following, as well as a reputation for being a controversial bad boy. Bill Maher's popular new HBO television show, Real Time, has put Maher more front and center than ever before. Partic-ularly one regular segment on the show, entitled "New Rules," has been a hit with his ever-growing legion of fans. It is the part of the show during which Maher takes serious aim, bringing all of his intelligence, incisiveness, wit, and his signature exasperation to bear on topics ranging from cell phones ("I don't need my cell phone to take pictures or access the Internet. I just need it to make a phone call. From everywhere! Not just the places it likes!") to fast food ("No McDonald's in hospitals. I'm not kidding!) to the conservative agenda ("Stop claiming it's an agenda. It's not an agenda. It's a random collection of laws that your corporate donors paid you to pass.")His new book, the first since his bestselling When You Ride ALONE You Ride with bin Laden, brings these brilliantly conceived riffs and rants to the written page. Appropriately titled New Rules, the book will collect some of the best of the rules derived from previously written material and will also contain substantial new material, including some longer form "editorials"--of course with a twist and bite that only Bill Maher can deliver.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - New Rule: Comedians Should Stick to Comedy
I understand there is a space for comedians who like to play with current events. They don't need to be experts, they don't need to do extensive research on the subject, because they are supposed to be funny, maybe within a phrase or a paragraph.
The problem with Maher's book is that it is a boring, not funny at all book. He obviously doesn't discuss nor explain at length any subject. He just rambles and rants.
If I wanted to listen to nonsense rants, I would listen for free to the drunk ... Read More
Rating:  - Not quite Colbert, but a close second
While I prefer Stephen Colbert (I Am America, And So Can You!), this is a great book non the less. I loved watching Politically Incorrect before it was canceled, and I am glad to see that Bill Maher's talents as a comedic observer have not gone to waste. While I enjoyed the book as a whole, with the bashing of Bush, Cheney, and the rest of the cronies, I can see where some people my take offense to some jokes contained within.
Rating:  - Bill Maher continues to amaze
This is the funniest book I have ever read! It cracked me up continually. I reread it and had the same response. Opinionated, politically incorrect always, but hilarious! Keep it up Bill!
Rating: - So True and So Politically Incorrect
If I didn't feel like going out on a Friday night, I was watching "Real Time with Bill Maher." When I did feel like going out on a Friday night, I set the timer for "Real Time with Bill Maher." I love this dude, and I'm tapping my fingers now that his show is off for the season! He and I agree on so many issues, including legalizing same-sex marriage, the Bush administration, religion, Republicans being busybodies, and the injustice in the prison system. It's almost like I never have to open my mouth ... Read More
Rating: - A plunger for the clogged up American Dialogue
Here in one compendium is a list of Bill's most irreverent and biting witticisms, a virtual armory of ammunition to be used against "wrong-thinkers," the "unenlightened," the "pseudo-religious" and the "pseudo-patriotic."
Bill's "New Rules" condenses a lot of what is wrong with this nation into bite size easily digestible nuggets that have the added advantage of packing the truth into a container with a very potent punch.
The rules range across the waterfront, "goring" ... Read More
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